Bond Street

Residential Alteration

Practice : GPA

Location : Grey Lynn, Auckland

Status : Completed 2007

This renovation of a 19th century workingmen’s cottage in Auckland’s Bond Street is envisioned as a reinvention of the villa as an urban form through the synthesis of old and new. From the street, the view maintains a typical turn-of-the-century cottage; yet the juxtaposing elements of black and white. horizontal and vertical denotes a language of the modern aesthetic. The two halves of the age of the cottage and the modernity of the extension is evident, yet harmoniously conjured with the transition subtly signaled by a short flight of steps.

Designing the building around the landscape was a key aspect in expressing the importance of the outdoors as the interior spaces. The intent to maximise the small garden space was strategised by extending the living and dining area to the outdoor space as the culmination of the journey through the house. Even a minimal piece of courtyard allows progress and sequence around the site, a testament to the fact that it is not simply about the entrance and the backyard.

“We believe a thoughtful and inclusive approach to design, which puts people at the heart of any potential solution, is the key to compelling and positive architecture.”

Our Story

Collaborate — Design — Construct

Paterson Architecture Collective is an ideas-driven design office, committed to intellectual and artistic rigour, and fueled by a strong commitment to realising ideas in the world. We believe a thoughtful and inclusive approach to design, which puts people at the heart of any potential solution, is the key to compelling and positive architecture.

Through our relationships with inter-related disciplines – furniture, art, landscape, academia – we can create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. We are open to unconventional propositions.